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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

Lieutenant Kislingbury who met his
death in the famous Greedy expedition
was q knight OF Pythias. Since the
inside history OF that expedition has
become a matter OF public discussion
the Pythian knight published at
Rochester, N. Y, and beyond doubt
the leading paper OF the order, has
censured General Greedy in the severest
terms for what that journal terms the
generals brutality in his treatment o
the dead knight.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

William A. J. Sparks was born neal
New Albany, Ind. Nov. 10, 1928. His
parents moved to Illinois in 1886, and
shortly afterward died. He, in early boy.
hood dependent upon his own exertions,
labored On o farm, and at intervals
attended country schools: subsequent
~ taught school and graduated
at McKendall college, Illinois, in 1850;
studied law with Chief Justice Breese. was
admitted to the bar in 1851, and has
since practiced except when engaged in Of
fetal duties. He was appointed by Presi-
dent Pierce, in 1858, land receiver for
the Edwardsville, ILL.,, land office,
and held that office until
1856; was elected presidential
elector in 1866; was elected to the state
house OF representatives OF Illinois in 1856
81, and to the state senate from the
Fourth Senatorial district in 1363-64; was
q delegate to the National Democratic con.
vention in New York in 1868; was elected
to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fith Forty.
sixth and Forty-seventh congresses from
the Sixthteenth district OF Illinois.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

Assistant Secretary Maynard has decided
that pauper children sent to this country
to be provided for by charitable societies
in this country and forwarded to homes in
the West, cannot be allowed to land.
A dispatch has been received from Agent
Williamson, at the Crow reservation, stat
ing that there are but ten glandered horses
on the reservation. He vas instructed by
the Indian office to get consent of the In.
dians to kill the horses and promise pay
ment for them. Agent Williamson fixes the
value Of the horses at about $2b each.
David Il. Stair wat arrested at Franklin,
Mass, by Boston officers, charged with be.
ing concerned in the Dexter, Me-, bank rob-
berry and the murder OF Treasurer j. w.
Barron nine years ago. Stair has lived
there several years and worked at boot
and shoe repairing. He IL reported to be
worth several thousand dollars. Only
5000 in money and $500 registered bonds
were secured in the robbery. The arrest
was made on confession Of Charles Francis
Stair, son Of the prisoner.
Charles T.. Garrard, Of Cleveland, con-
iesses q shortage of 50, 900 in his accounts
an treasurer OF the Firenan's Relief Assoc
citation. Speculation 10 the cause.
Western Union proftsth past year were
over "a. 600, OO0.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

A Georgia land owner, who doubt,
less is tired OF seeing so much in thu
newspapers about the land trouble o.
Ireland, comes forward and Offers
100, 1000 acres as a gift to suffering
Irish families-twenty-ive acres tc
each family. The gift would accom-
MEDIATE four thousand families, each
on a twenty-five acre farm-a much
larger tract than the average Irish
holding, and would give to at least
10000 Irish people enough land O
their own on which TO make q living
without fear of eviction.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

The mint officials say that the de,
mand for minor coins this year has
surpassed that OF any year within the
recollection of the Oldest employee,
Last year $391,147 in cents, 1862,
876 in nickels and $1,O95,279. so in
dimes were coined at Philadelphia
and yet the mint is now $4,000
short on orders Tor small coins, ani
cannot catch up with the demand
The increased demand for them is
doubtless, due to the development o
the country, and also to the fact thai
they are used to an extent never
known before, especially in the south
and west.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
The United States is the only great

The United States is the only great
government which does not own it's
cars for the use OF it's high officials
England owns it's carriages and en-.
g:nes. France has many trains, pas
senger, freight and ambulance, but
when the chief maglst rate OF the Unit
ed States wishes to take a trip Inc
buys his tickets and engages his own
special train from the Pullman Pal,
ace Car Company, as hundreds OF pri'
vate citizens do every year, and as il
BETTING the president of a republic.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
RAILROAD MURDER.
Another Railroad Horror, This Time
on the Chicago g. Atlantic, In
Which Twenty Lives Are Lost.

A terrible accident occurred on the Chi.
cago d Atlantic railroad the 10th inst, at
Koutz, Ind, a small station about fifty
miles east OF Chicago. The train wrecked
was No. IL, which lett Chicago at 7:45. The
train was made up OF five cars, the two
rear ones being Pullman sleepers. Just
Koutz, the eccentric of the engine
broke, and the engineer slowed up for re-
pairs. The brakeman hung out a danger
signal light. The train had stopped but a
short time when the train behind, which
proved to be the fast Chicago meat" train,
made up oil freiglrt cars, dashed into IT. Not
withdrawing the danger signal, the meat"
train rushed on at the rate OF thirty-ive
miles an hour. She struck the rear coach,
telescoped it and the two in front and left
nothing but the front baggage car standing.
The three coaches were swept completely
away. The night was dark and the scene
during the next half.hour a. dreadful.
Amid the pandemonIum Of crashing tim
bers and human shrieks and topping frag.
ments of the wreck the horror
was trebled when the confused mass
OF splinters and broken wood was dis.
coal from the freight engine ignited the de.
bris under which the wounded and dead
were lying. Those who m~iraculously es-
capped uninjured immedia tely turned their
attention to those imprisoned in the
wreck. No means existed for checking the
fire, and only after it had burned itself out
was it possible to do anything for the few
still alive imprisoned in the debris.
The victims so far as known are: DR..
William Perry OF North .1dson, Ind.
Mrs. William Perry, Grace Perry, aged 10.
Charles Miller, aged 40 Mrs. Lena Miller,
aged 4S. Minnie Miller, aged T. Fred Mil.
Ter, aged 20. William Miller, aged II.
Two unknown persons complete the list
OF the dead as certainly established. It is
impossible to obtain a list OF the wounded
ON the train, as only two are left behind.
covery impossible. Joseph McCool, aged
t~wenty-four, OF Boston, injured about the
back and limbs. q
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
Nuggets Of Foreign News.

Consul Bessinger, OF Beyrut, Syria, says
no American vessel has entered that port
since 1880.
The Gauloes states that the Grand Duke
Nicholas OF Russia declared that when the
session arose he and a number of other
Russians would join the French army.
given an enthusiastic reception at St.
James Hall, London. Three thousand per-
sons were present, among them Smith,
with whom Kilrain is is to fight in Janu-
airy. Kilrain was introduced by Pony
Moore, who exhibited the belt and asked
for fair play on the part of the spectators.
The set.to between Mitchell and Kilrain
pleased the crowd. Kilrain forced Mitch.
ell to his kness in the wind-up
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
Miscellaneous News Items.

Several glandered horses in Winona have
been killed.
M. E. Post & Co., bankers at Cheyenne,
fail forever $500, 600.
Railway clerks will not he required to
run into Tampa, Fla, during the preva.
lence Of yellow fever.
The sham battle at the Chicago eucamp.
ment on Saturday the Sth inst, q finely ex.
ecuted affair after which the Minnesotians
left for home.
w. j. Hawk, OF Buffalo, Oak, causes the
arrest OF Division Superintendent Graham,
OF the Northern Pacific, charging him with
refusing to furnish cars for the shipment OF
wheat.
The Dakota Mutual Life Insurance com.
pady OF Sioux Falls, Dak., is no more. It
met with a 49, 600 loss at St. Peter, Mimi,
aud all that the company was able to'pay
was $50.
The amount OF wheat now In store in Gle.
vators and warehouses in Minnesota and
Dakota, outside OF Minneapolis. St. Paul
and Duluth is 10, 1928, 600 bushels, allow
ing that it is 500, 600 more than on Oct. 1.
A telegram was received at the Mani.
toba offices in st. Paul from Fort Benton.
stating that the track was within twenty.
two miles of Great Falls and that there
W. oSAASo i 5AOW Ou Uue
ground.
At Topeka, Kansas, considerable of q
sensation was created by the
ment that Frank jackson, the well known
%stockman, had made a hasty assignment
and skipped for Canada. His liabilities
are SIS, 600.
The heirs OF Edward Miller were awarded
$4,000 damages in the district court at
Dubuque in the case against the Minnesota
Northwestern railroad. Miller was killed
near Dyersvilfe a year ago while in the EN-.
ploy OF his company.
A great holiday and celebration was had
at Cincinnati by the upward OF two hum
dred employees u Proetor& Gamble on the
occasion OF the firm paying it's FIRST semi
annual share OF the profits to the work
men. The shares paid to the men were
lay per, cent. on their wages which for six
months aggregated SIS. 900. Some WORK.
men got as much as $40.
Senator Sawyer, for the Sawyer.Good-
man Lumber Company OF Chicago, has
completed a deal for a large tract Of pine
land in Wise onsin. near Menominee river
and along Pemene Bon Won. The tract
contains 14,OeO acres, and has about
loo, 600 feet OF pine, besides some
other timber. The purchase price was be.
tween $3.50, 600 and $3.50, 600. The prop.
erty was bought Of the heirs OF the estate
Of q man whodied in Detroit.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

Chauncey Depew, in addressing the
physicians OF New York the other
day, very happily said: "In the old
er States there are colleges enough.
The rich man who POUNDS a new one
to perpetuate his name does no good
and wastes his money. The endow.
ment OF colleges with ages and tradi.
tions-in themselves a liberal educa.
tion-helps us to obtain the best edu'
cation and intellectual life"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
Venus, The Morning Star.

An important event occurred a few
weeks ago in the movements of u
nearest celestial neighbor among the
planets. The fairest of the evening
stars shines no longer in the western
sky, where her beaming presence has
been so welcome during the spring
and summer.
On the 2lst of September, Venus
reached inferior conjunction, passing
at that time between the earth and
sun, as the moon does at new moon,
and changed her position from the
eastern side OF the sun to the western.
She has become morning star.
For a short time after she began her
new role, she was invisible, for she
was so near the sun as to be hidden
in his rays. She may now, however,
be seer shortly before sunrise; for she
moves rapidly in this part of her
course. Careful observers will easily
find her early in the present month, a
lovely object under .sthe opening eye.
lids OF the morn" She will rise ear.
lier each morning and grow brighter
until the 29th Of October, when she
reaches her period OF greatest bril-.
liancy as morning star, being visible
even in the presence ofthe great lumi-
nary from whom she borrows leave to
shine.
During this time, she is moving
westward from the sun, and will con-
tinue to move in this direction until
the I'd of December, when she reaches
the greatest western elongation. Her
movement is then reversed. She APP
.proaches the sun, sets earlier every
evening, and her brilliancy decreases
until she arrives at superior coniunc-
ton on the 18th Of July, 1888. Her
course as morning star is then COM
pleted, and she becomes evening star.
Youths Companion.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
About five hundred veterans q the

About five hundred veterans 81 the
Hornets Nest" brigade. composed 81
the Second, Seventh, Twelfth and
Fourteenth Iowa regiments, held r.
union at Des Moines, the first at
which the members ofallthe regiments
have been together since the battle 81
Shiloh, over twenty-five years ago.
An association was formed, with tha
following officers: President, Gen. !.
N. futile, vice presidents. Col. s. Nv.
Moore, Second Iowa; Col. j. g. Par
rott, Seventh Iowa; Col. D. Ryan
Eighth Iowa; Col. s. r. Edinton.
Twelfth Iowa; Col. w. e. Show, Four-
tenth Iowa; secretary, Private r.
Turner; treasurer. Capt. ". p. Twom.
bly,.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
EvIcTED SETTLERS.
The Memorial to the Secretary of
the interior In Regard to the Alieg-
cd wfo1aa Of. COUNTY.

ssS ~ ~S~u ~
the Interior In Regard to the Alleg-
cd Wrongs of.O'Brien County.
At Minneapolis, the General Assembly OF
the Knights OF Labor OF North America, in
regular session assembled, to the Honora-
BILE Secretary OF the Interior, Washington,
ID. C.-Dcar Sir: This general assembly Of
tn" Knights OF Labor respectfully call your
nj ,tion to the following facts and ask
your interpretation on behalf OF many dis.
trcssed people who are being deprived Of
their homes as hereafter stated. Between
the years 1875 and 1880 the general gov.
eminent and State OF Iowa opened to set.
Element certain lands located in O'Brien
county, Iowa, and to which the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul and the Sioux City
& st. Paul Railroad companies laid claim
by reason OF acts of congress prior to is.
suing the notice by the executive depart.
ments OF the government that said lands
would be opened for settlement.
Encouraged by the notices emanating
from the government, and actuated by a
desire to obtain homes, about two hun.
dred families from various parts Of the
American Union settled upon the lands
above mentioned. In 1885 the settlers
petitioned you to quiet, if possible, any
claim said railroad companies might have
in these lands, and In August, 1887, you
made AN order by which ~, 600
acres Of these lands referred to
the government, and commanded
the railroad companies surrender all
right. title and interest they might nave in
said lands. The railroad companies ask
ed for an amnesty for ninety days, which
was granted. Ths railro ad companies
then seized upon the opportunity offered
by the amnesty and brought suit of eject
ment in the state court of O. Brien county,
and by reason of the degree OF said courts
the sheriff OF O'Brien county, with a posse
OF twenty armed men, has forcibly elected
116 families from their homes, and has
either driven their stock into the highways
or confiscated it to liquidate the cost Of
litigation. An amicable test of title
to these lands is precluded in the
state courts OF O'Brien county because
OF existing law bearing upon the
construction OF an act OF congress-. Ninety
one more suits of ejectment have been in.
stituted in the courts OF O'Brien county,
and the trial set for Nov. 6, 1887, and OK.
cept something is done which win bring
sure and quick relief ninety.one more
homes will be made desolate by the unjust
and rapacious hand Of corporate monop.
olies. We therefore urgently request that
you exercise the functions of your office by
having suit instituted by the, federal gov.
eminent, or such other legal procedure as
will protect the settlers OF O'Brien county,
Iowa, until such tunes as the title to the
aforesaid lands can be tested in the feder
al courts.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

Postmasters have been notified that
in accordance with the ruling OF AS.
sistant Att orney- General for the
Post Office Department, the writing
or printing on the face or surface Of
such packages OF anything except the
name and address of the sender, pre-.
coded by the word 'from," and the
number and name OF the articles en-.
closed, will subject the entire package
to postage at letter rates.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
Record OF Casualties.

A fire broke out at Amesbury. Mass, de-
s%troying the largest carriage mandatory
OF Locke & Jewell, as we'll as several sur
rounding buildings. Loss, 1925, 600, OF
which Locke & Jewell lose $40, 900; insur-
ed for $45,O 600; C. F. Peitingill, machinist,
$25, 900: insured for $12, 900.
Oregon and Joe Kost, two boys living in
M%unson, Minnesota, were out shooting
ducks, and their gun burst both barrels,
amputating one OF Joe's fingers and LAGER.
ating his hand, and q piece OF the barrel
lodging in Gregor's neck SO close to the
juglar vein that the physicians dare not
extract it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
East Indian Wheat Competition with America,

~ OvA"PoVAsNVA "ASA AAA0
The report of Consul General Bonham
at Calcutta, British India, treats at length
of the wheat interests OF that country dur
ing the fiscal year ended March 81, 1886:
The area devoted to, wheat was about
27, 500, 900 acres and the total yield $780,
600, 600 bushels. As compared with
the wheat OF the Pacific coast, the
Indian wheat is inferior, but
when exported to Europe it is mixed and
ground hen wheat OF a superior quality,
and a fair marketable grade of -four OBJ
tanned. The method OF cultivating the soil
is. in the main the same as it was centuries
ago; yet the Indian farmers al successfully
compete with those OF the United States
in the production of wheat. This is due
to the fact that the Indian farmers outfit
represents a capital OF not more than $40
or $50, and his hired help works, feeds
and clothes himself on about $3.50 a
month. The export OF wheat from Brit
ish India increased from 3O0,0 900 cwt in
1868 to 21, 600, 900 cwt in 1886, and the
increase OF 1886 over 1885 amounted to
5000. 600, cwt. To-day India is Sec
ond only to the United States in wheat
growing. Furthermore, wheat growing in
India is yet in it's infancy and it's further
development depends principally upon the
means OF transportation to the sea board.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

The Evangelical Alliance OF the Unit
ed States assemblies at Washington
on Dec. 8. Among the speakers will
be Chief Justice Waite, Associate JUS
tice Strong. OF the supreme court;
Bishop Coke, Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church; President McCosh, OF
Princeton; Senator Joseph B. Hawley,
and Bishop Hurst. OF the Methodist
Church.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

Claus %spreckels, the sugar king, has
been much abused, but he seems dis
posed to do somethingfor this country
by investing means for the manufac-
ture OF beet sugar and encouraging the
invention of the proper machinery.
He saws American mechanics are the
best in the world, and he has been
about enough to know.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
The General Assembly.

On the 7th, the treasury reports the ex.
penditure of half a million and $4,000 on
hand.
A. M. Dewey, who has been special or.
ganizer and instructor of the Knights OF
Labor OF America, again introduced
his hobby-a weekly paper to be the
official organ.
One OF the most interesting features OF
the secretary's report is his chapter on
membership. There has been an apparent
decrease in the membership of the order,
but the secretary has an explanation for
this. He says: The number of members
reported in good standing at the last session
OF the general assembly was 7O2, 924.
The salary expenses were az follows:
Master Workman Powderly, S., 80;
Worthy Foreman Grifiths. $s37.46; Sec.
1stary t Il Z n. 81 d ss2s;a1; Treasurer rrses9iss
board; r. B. Barry, s3,sss; John W.
Hayes, $2,640; William H. Bailey, $4,000;
A. A. Carlton, 1928; T. B. Mcclure,
SO, 1929; Ira B. Aylsworth, 50, 23s.
Delegate Sovereign OF Atlantic City, Iowa,
brought up the grievance OF the settlers in
Northern Iowa. The trouble OF the set.
tiers is over a very large amount OF lands
in O'Brien county, which are claimed by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
company, and from which a large
The petition which Mr.. Sovereign
bore was from the Old Settlers
association and the Knights OF Labor OF
iowa. 1t was voted to refer the matter to
q committee with instructions to prepare
q memorial to be forwarded to the secre.
tary OF the interior, protesting in unqual-
flied terms against the conduct Of the rail-
way company. in ~ejecting actual settlers
from lands which the government had de.
clared belonged to them. That gigantic
monopoly, the Standard Oil company,
was again brought before the convention
and the people through the medium OF T.
II. Lawry of Bradford. Pa.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

The Baltimore American, which is
still published, claims the credit Of
starting the first Presidential boom.
A week after the Federal Constitution
was completed in 1857 it came out
fol. Washington for President.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

- Near the close OF the Illinois Legis-
lature q law was passed prohibiting
the marriage OF first cousins. It has
called out many protests. The Chica-
60 Tribune prints interviews with a
number OF physicians who say that It
is an absurd piece OF legislation.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
A Fair Hop Year, After All.
rnra +ho Now vo,L G,,n

Gn0 new 1OEk sun
The hopgrowers Of central and
Southern New York have now harvest
cd the best part Of the crop under fa-
vorable weather conditions andreioice
in finding it larger in quantity and
better Of quality than anticipated.
When Spring opened many growers,
discouraged by low prices and the
ravages Of blight and vermin aban-
doned the hop industry and ploWed
up their yards, SO that not morethan
two-thirds Of theusual ACREAGE O. only
about $4,000 acres, has been cultivate
ed the best estimates Of the crop OF
the state place it at about 10000
bales, or nearly ohe-half Of the abund-
ant crop OF 1885, but considerably in
excess Of the short crop Of 1886.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20

Prof. E. S. Horstord, OF Harvard
college, has made a fortune out OF his
famous acid phosphates. He is q pc
culiar MANN appearance, has a heavy,
STOPPING figure, an English face, and
gray side whiskers a nd beard.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-10-20
PERSONAL News Notes.

Edward Eggleston. after a ten years
rest from story writing, has written a
romance for the Century, to he called 1.-THE
Graysons, q Story Of Illinois.
Gov. Church of OAK, has appointed An.
ton Klaus. il, Of Jamestown to fill the